Grenada
12 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 March 2012: The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has reported that it will administer a US$20 million Community Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Fund, which is to be established for Caribbean countries with funds from Canada. The Fund is intended to help Caribbean countries reduce risks, at the community level, posed to vulnerable populations by natural hazards and climate change.
The Fund will assist Bank member countries, except Haiti, to implement sub-projects to reduce natural hazard risks...
29 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
24 February 2012: The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) agreed the details of a US$65 million dedicated Climate Action lending and technical assistance programme funded by the EIB for the 18 CDB member countries.
The new lending programme will provide long-term, low-cost funding for public and private sector climate change mitigation or adaptation projects. The loans will be complemented by technical assistance to improve climate change-related expertise...
28 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 February 2012: An Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) workshop examined climate financing opportunities for Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS) to enable them to respond to the challenges of climate change and variability. The workshop was organized in collaboration with, and with the financial support of, the World Bank Institute (WBI).
The workshop, which took place from 15-16 February 2012, in Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia, explored the range of climate finance...
28 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 February 2012: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the 2012 IDEAS Energy Innovation Contest for the Caribbean, which will award up to US$200,000 for projects involving energy efficiency and access to renewable energy in the region.
The contest invites individuals and organizations in Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and...
28 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 February 2012: The Secretariat of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Commonwealth Secretariat co-hosted a workshop to launch a public dialogue on formulating an OECS common ocean management policy framework. Among other topics, participants identified existing risks and perceived barriers that may prevent OECS members from fully realizing the opportunities that oceans present.
The workshop took place from 8-9 February 2012, in Castries, Saint Lucia, with participation of...
